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September 9, 2016

'Artificial Atom' Created in Graphene

Humidity, Pressure Control New Magnetic Crystals

Levitated Nanodiamond Is Research Gem

Probing Quantum Phenomena in a Tiny Transistor

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Discovery Creates Future Opportunity in Quantum Computing

Sep. 6, 2016 — Perovskite systems have been shown to be highly efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. Now, scientists have discovered a new use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of ... read more

Making the Switch, This Time With an Insulator

Sep. 1, 2016 — Physicists have demonstrated a new approach to low-power computer memory. They've demonstrated a new way to switch magnetic moments -- or direction of magnetization -- of electrons in a thin film of ... read more

A Device to Control 'Color' of Electrons in Graphene Provides Path to Future Electronics

Aug. 29, 2016 — A device made of bilayer graphene is one step forward in a new field of physics ... read more

Spin Polarization by Strong Field Ionization

Aug. 15, 2016 — Strong field ionization has been studied for over half a century. Yet, the role of electron spin during this process has been largely overlooked. Surprisingly, our joint ... read more

Liquid Light Switch Could Enable More Powerful Electronics

Aug. 8, 2016 — Researchers have built a record energy-efficient switch, which uses the interplay of electricity and a liquid form of light, in semiconductor microchips. The device could ... read more

The Hot Attraction of Gold

July 27, 2016 — Gold had long been considered a non-magnetic metal. But researchers recently discovered that gold can in fact be magnetized by ... read more

Novel State of Matter: Observation of a Quantum Spin Liquid

July 26, 2016 — A novel and rare state of matter known as a quantum spin liquid has been empirically demonstrated in a monocrystal of the compound calcium-chromium oxide. According to ... read more

A New Type of Quantum Bits

July 26, 2016 — In computers of the future, information might be stored in the form of quantum bits. But how can a quantum bit ... read more

Computer Design: Reducing the Power Consumption of Memories

July 21, 2016 — Device architecture that can tune a material’s magnetic properties could reduce the power consumption of ... read more

Physicists Revisit Spin-Bowling Puzzle: How Cricket Spin Bowlers Do It

July 21, 2016 — Spin bowlers in cricket are masters at making the ball loop slowly through the air to confuse batsmen. Legends of the game know the magic combinations of top-spin, side-spin and off-spin necessary to ... read more

World's Longest Rail Tunnel Now Open

World's Longest Railway Tunnel Inaugurated

Silicon Valley Robot Makers Throw "Block Party"

A Robot Made Out Of Stretchy, Electronic 'Octopus Skin'

New Method Helps Stabilize Materials With Elusive Magnetism

Aug. 10, 2016 — Magnetic materials displaying what is referred to as itinerant ferromagnetism are in an elusive physical state that is not yet fully understood. Physicists normally have no other choice than to study ... read more

Scientists Unveil Fundamental Properties of Spin Seebeck Effect

July 28, 2016 — Physicists have revealed essential properties of the spin Seebeck effect. Their findings contribute to a more thorough understanding of the underlying processes of this effect and thereby support its ... read more

Making Magnets Flip Like Cats at Room Temperature

July 21, 2016 — Heusler alloy NiMnSb could prove valuable as a new material for digital information processing and storage, report scientists. Similar to the ability of a cat to flip itself in the air by twisting ... read more

Quantum Drag

July 20, 2016 — A physicist proposes that a current in one iron magnetic sheet creates a current in a separate sheet. The study's finding could be important in the emerging field of spintronics, which seeks to ... read more

A Mini-Antenna for the Data Processing of Tomorrow

July 19, 2016 — With the rapid advance of miniaturization, data processing using electric currents faces tough challenges, some of which are insurmountable. Magnetic spin waves are a promising alternative for the ... read more

A New Spin on Reality

July 14, 2016 — Scientists predict the existence of a new kind of spin liquid, a new report explains. The finding is significant because there is a strong relationship between the scientists' mathematical ... read more

New Mechanism of Negative Magnetoresistivity Discovered

July 14, 2016 — A research group measured the magnetoresistive effects -- change in conductivity in response to an applied magnetic field -- using palladium-cobalt oxide (PdCoO<sub>2</sub>), a ... read more

Physicists Couple Distant Nuclear Spins Using a Single Electron

July 11, 2016 — For the first time, researchers have coupled the nuclear spins of distant atoms using just a single ... read more

Surprising Qualities of Insulator Ring Surfaces

June 29, 2016 — Topological insulators behave like insulators at their core and allow good conductivity on their surface. They owe their characteristics to a new quantum state within the material discovered in 2007 ... read more

Surf’s Up: Magnetic Waves on the Edge

June 29, 2016 — For the first time, a new class of magnetic materials, called topological magnon insulators, was revealed. This novel material can conduct magnetic waves along their edges, without conduction through ... read more

Bridge to Coveted Electronic Properties

June 28, 2016 — A new tabletop system can accelerate materials characterization and further our understanding of magnetic and electronic properties that enable energy-efficient electronics and information ... read more

Superconductor’s Strange Behavior Results in New Laboratory Tool

June 28, 2016 — Researchers have discovered an exceptional new quantum state within a superconducting material. This exceptional quantum state is characterized by a broken rotational symmetry -- in other words, if ... read more

Low-Current, Highly Integrable Spintronics Device Developed

June 30, 2016 — Scientists have developed a device capable of controlling magnetism at a lower current level than conventional spintronics devices. The new device was fabricated by combining a solid electrolyte with ... read more

This Message Will Self-Destruct

June 24, 2016 — In movies and television shows, audio tapes or other devices self-destruct after delivering the details of impossible missions. Scientists have taken it to a new ... read more

Proper Breeding Ground for Germanene

June 22, 2016 — Germanene is a one atom thick sheet of germanium, in a honeycomb structure. It has clear similarities with graphene, the material that induced massive research activity worldwide, especially after ... read more

Successful Demonstration of Nonvolatile Memory Sub-Nanosecond Operation Spells Good News for Internet of Things

June 17, 2016 — A research team has demonstrated he sub-nanosecond operation of a nonvolatile magnetic memory ... read more

Terahertz Radiation: Useful Source for Food Safety

June 17, 2016 — A compact and low-cost emitter generates light across the entire terahertz spectrum. Scientists say that it provides an effective and less expensive tool for the inspection of food and ... read more

Physicists Deploy Magnetic Vortex to Control Electron Spin

June 15, 2016 — Researchers have coupled a magnetic vortex with a diamond nanoparticle to swiftly and precisely control electron spins in nitrogen defects at room ... read more

Neutrons Reveal Unexpected Magnetism in Rare-Earth Alloy

June 13, 2016 — Researchers have used neutron scattering to uncover magnetic excitations in the metallic compound ytterbium-platinum-lead. Surprisingly, this three-dimensional material exhibits magnetic properties ... read more

Light-Matter Interplay Probed: Physicists Achieve Quantum Hall State With Light

June 13, 2016 — Harnessing the shared wave nature of light and matter, researchers have used light to explore some of the most intriguing questions in the quantum mechanics of ... read more

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